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How many pallets fit in a container?

Inside dimensions, door openings and payload for 16 shipping containers, 10 trailers and 12 pallet standards — and every load worked out pallet by pallet, drawn to scale.

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The load planner draws the best layout, both single orientations, spare floor and stacking for any pallet in any of 20 containers and trailers, including a pallet size you type in. New to this? Read the guides.

The short answer

Pallets on the floor, single layer. Darker means less wasted floor. Tap a number for the drawing.

Pallets on the floor, by pallet and container or trailer
Pallet20′40′40′ HC45′ HC45′ PW40′ reefer13.6 m48′ van53′
EUR11,200 × 8001176%2585%2585%2781%3396%2384%3497%3693%3992%
1200×10001,200 × 1,000978%2293%2293%2490%2694%2091%2692%2891%3089%
48×40 (GMA)1,219 × 1,016980%2088%2088%2493%2697%2094%2695%2894%3092%
EUR6 half pallet800 × 6002587%5593%5593%6090%6797%5294%6897%7293%7993%
1165×1165 (AU)1,165 × 1,1651098%2096%2096%2294%2290%946%2288%2488%2687%
1100×11001,100 × 1,1001087%2086%2086%2491%2488%2092%2486%2685%2884%
75% of floor used99%

Containers and trailers, to one scale

Seen from above, doors on the right, each with its computed load: EUR1 pallets, or 48×40 where that is the only plan.

20ft Standard Dry Container5,898 × 2,350 × 2,392 mm inside
33.2m³
28,330kg payload
11EUR1
40ft Standard Dry Container12,031 × 2,350 × 2,392 mm inside
67.7m³
27,600kg payload
25EUR1
40ft High Cube Dry Container12,031 × 2,350 × 2,698 mm inside
76.4m³
28,720kg payload
25EUR1
45ft Pallet-Wide High Cube Container13,563 × 2,442 × 2,697 mm inside
89.6m³
29,250kg payload
33EUR1
26 ft Box Truck (US)7,899 × 2,464 × 2,616 mm inside
50.9m³
19.5m² floor
1448×40 (GMA)
EU 13.6 m Curtainsider Semi-Trailer13,620 × 2,480 × 2,700 mm inside
91.2m³
33.8m² floor
34EUR1
53 ft Dry Van Trailer (US)15,990 × 2,565 × 2,800 mm inside
114.8m³
41.0m² floor
39EUR1

All 16 containers · All 10 trailers and trucks

Pallet footprints, side by side

All 12 standards at the same scale, largest first.

1165×1165 (AU)1,165 × 1,165 mm · Australia, New Zealand · 20 in a 40ft containerCP31,140 × 1,140 mm · Europe (chemical industry) · 20 in a 40ft container48×40 (GMA)1,219 × 1,016 mm · North America · 20 in a 40ft container1100×11001,100 × 1,100 mm · Asia · 20 in a 40ft containerEUR21,200 × 1,000 mm · Europe · 22 in a 40ft containerEUR31,200 × 1,000 mm · Europe · 22 in a 40ft container1200×10001,200 × 1,000 mm · UK, Europe, Asia · 22 in a 40ft container1067×10671,067 × 1,067 mm · North America, Europe, Asia · 22 in a 40ft containerEUR11,200 × 800 mm · Europe · 25 in a 40ft container48×20 half pallet1,220 × 508 mm · North America · 41 in a 40ft containerEUR6 half pallet800 × 600 mm · Europe · 55 in a 40ft container600×400 quarter pallet600 × 400 mm · Europe · 110 in a 40ft container

Least floor wasted

The ten load plans that cover the most floor.

Load planFitShare of floor covered

How the counts are made

Every load plan comes from an exact search over all row and lane layouts of the floor, mixing pallet orientations where that gains a position. We then add 20 mm of play per side to give a practical count.

Sources and method

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published pallet counts from carriers and trailer makers match one of our computed figures. Where they differ, the load plan page says why.